Europe

Insurance

 

We recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling.  You must have valid health insurance to the value of 400,000 Estonian Kroons (approximately £17,500 at the current exchange rate) for the duration of their stay.  You are advised to re-check the exchange rate before travelling to ensure you have adequate cover.  You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake.  For more general information see Travel Insurance.

Here's how we can help if things go wrong.

 

Registering with the British Embassy

If you are planning to be in Estonia for longer than six months, you should visit the British Embassy website and view the advice on 'information for longer stayers' in the Consular section.  You may also register with our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency.

Issuing replacement passports

The British Embassy in Tallinn is unable to issue any form of travel document other than emergency passports.  This passport allows holders to return to the United Kingdom (via a third country if necessary) but cannot be used for onward travel to other countries.  For more details please go to:  http://ukinestonia.fco.gov.uk/en/passports/lost-or-stolen-passports. UK passport applications from British Nationals resident in Estonia are handled by the British Passport Processing Centre in Düsseldorf, Germany.
 

Money

 

New legislation on the controls of cash entering or leaving the EU will apply in all Member States from 15 June 2007.  Any person entering or leaving the EU will have to declare the cash that they are carrying if this amounts to 10,000 euros or more; this includes cheques, travellers' cheques, money orders, etc.  This will not apply to anyone travelling via the EU to a non-EU country, as long as the original journey started outside of the EU nor to those travelling within the EU.